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Reminiscences of his life at Cornell as a student in the School of Hotel Administration, housing, political activism, Deane W. Malott, fraternities, football, student health, ROTC, extracurricular activities, and dating.

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Brochure, flyer, and lapel pin from the World War II anti-interventionist organization. Also includes "Military Education in Our Schools and Colleges," by Orvel Johnson, published by R.O.T.C. Association of the United States, 1931

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Photograph of the members of 1914-1915 Cadet Band and two small printed pictures, one undated group photograph. Also photograph of the 1921 Cornell University R.O.T.C. Band; photo of Cadet Band 1894 or 1895.

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Includes bound volumes of issues of the CORNELL ERA, 1917 and 1919; typescript of "Chickahominy and Malines" by Hendrik Willem van Loon; and postcards and photographs, apparently of R.O.T.C. exercises at Cornell University.

Scope and content Records of matriculating students (2 MS. vols., 1868-1899) by year of entry; records of student course work (3 MS. vols., 1868-1885) by name of student; records of admission to advanced standing or to the Graduate Department and related data concerning the students' previous study (1 MS. vol., 1886-1909); registrar's copies of reports made by the university trustees and the Cornell Law School to the University of the State of New York, the New York State Board of Regents and Education...

Scope and content Collection includes reports, correspondence, speeches, biographical data, press releases, photographs, budgets, expense vouchers, and other files of the Public Affairs Associates' Office concerning the Association of Colleges and Universities of New York, colleges of Cornell University, and other U.S. colleges; Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Alumni Office, Office of Public Information, Development Office, Public Affairs Regional Offices, Telluride Association, Tower Club, Board of...

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A typewritten petition circulated in multiple copies, signed by Cornell students and alumni, calling for the infantry ROTC unit to be maintained at Cornell. There are a total of 1,411 signatures.

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Pictures of Cornell during the War, including ROTC training drills, student parades and banners on behalf of professors' salaries, and photographs of George L. Burr, and the building of women's dormitories. Also a photograph of the Cornell totem pole.

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Two account books of expenses, kept by Towner as a student at Cornell; Phi Beta Kappa banquet menu; Senior Week/Commencement program, 1940; two Cornell R.O.T.C. pins; and a Cornell pin.

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Includes pages from a photograph album with campus scenes and group pictures of the Class of 1905 and 1905 Mechanical Engineering. Two Cadet Corps photographs, 1908-09 and 1912. Also ROTC. marksman and sharpshooter certificates, 1940 and 1941, for Richard J. Evans (Class of 1944).